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Roots & reflections South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / by Bhatt, Amy Pradip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations -- Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival -- Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training -- All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity -- Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences -- Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies -- Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project -- Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.…”
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No life without roots : culture and development / by Verhelst, Thierry G.

The Religious Roots of Rebellion : Christians in Central American Revolutions / by Berryman , Phillip

Seattle and the roots of urban sustainability : inventing ecotopia / by Sanders, Jeffrey C.

“…Seattle & the roots of urban sustainability…”
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New roots in America's sacred ground religion, race, and ethnicity in Indian America / by Joshi, Khyati Y., 1970-

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Roots of violence in Black Philadelphia, 1860 - 1900 / by Lane, Roger

Reforming urban labor routes to the city, roots in the country / by Polasky, Janet L.

Table of Contents: “…: the politics of reform -- "With morality brimming forth" : rooted workers and their families -- "To live like everyone else" : commuting labor, 1918-2010.…”
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Group harmony the black urban roots of rhythm & blues / by Goosman, Stuart L.

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Jews, Turks, and other strangers the roots of prejudice in modern Germany / by Legge, Jerome S.

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The value of Hawai'i 2 : ancestral roots, oceanic visions /

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Social change and political transformation

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The hidden 1970s histories of radicalism /

Table of Contents: “…Improvising on reality : the roots of prison abolition /…”
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Remedios the healing life of Eva Castellanoz / by Mulcahy, Joanne B., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. The root -- pt. 2. Healing -- pt. 3. The dream.…”
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Raised up down yonder : growing up black in rural Alabama / by Howell, Angela McMillan

Table of Contents: “…Rooted in kin -- Descendants of a first choice school -- Educated at the last chance school -- Reproducing misfortune through mess -- Resistance and spirituality -- Not just down yonder.…”
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Mecca and Main Street Muslim life in America after 9/11 / by Abdo, Geneive, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Imams for a new generation -- The child-bride of the Dix Mosque -- The roots of Islam in America -- Taking it to the streets -- Muslim voices -- Women in the changing mosque -- Heeding the call -- The future of the faith.…”
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India's new middle class democratic politics in an era of economic reform / by Fernandes, Leela

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The historical roots of the new middle class -- Framing the liberalizing middle class -- Social capital, labor market restructuring, and India's new economy -- State power, urban space, and civic life -- Liberalization, democracy, and middle class politics -- Conclusion.…”
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Women's movements and the Filipina, 1986-2008 / by Roces, Mina, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…The religious roots of women's oppression -- Prostitution, women's movements, and the victim narrative -- The woman as worker -- Indigenous women -- Hindi kailangan magtiis (there is no need to endure) -- Women's studies on the air -- Fashioning women through activism, ritual, and dress -- Women's movements in transnational spaces -- Women's movements in liminal spaces.…”
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Black liberation and socialism by Shawki, Ahmed

Table of Contents: “…Slavery in the United States -- Abolitionism -- The Civil War -- Reconstruction and populism -- Accommodation, racism, and resistance -- The rise of Marcus Garvey -- The Socialist, Communist, and Trotskyist parties -- The roots of the civil rights movement -- The politics of Malcolm X -- Black power -- The Black Panthers and DRUM -- Making race a central wedge issue.…”
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American pogrom the East St. Louis Race Riot and Black politics / by Lumpkins, Charles L.

Table of Contents: “…Historical roots of an African American community, 1800-1898 -- The African American political experience, 1898-1915 -- The May uprising : an end to expanding Black power -- The July massacre : "we'll have a White man's town" -- Return to the political arena, 1917-1929 -- Breaking the deadlock, 1930-1945.…”
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Kindler of souls Rabbi Henry Cohen of Texas / by Cohen, Henry, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…From Torah to Tennyson -- Being Jewish in Jamaica -- Little Jerusalem -- Planting roots -- The storm and its impact -- From health to horror -- "Through the gateway of Galveston" -- "Dear graduates" : on being a rabbi -- From the Kaiser to the Klan -- Prison reform : the rabbi and the convict -- Family matters and memory : 1930-1950 -- The rabbi and his times -- Appendix : selected poems by Rabbi Henry Cohen.…”
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